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Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has labeled recent threats from Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick as noise”. In June, Bobby Kotick claimed that Activision Blizzard may cease supporting Sony’s PS3 platform unless the system is given a price drop. Yet on Tuesday, when attending the Allen & Co conference in …
Read More »MCV Retail Biz: Out now
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz is available to view online and download now. Our special six-page supplement offers an in-depth look at this week’s official Gfk-ChartTrack multiformat Top 40, dominated once again by EA’s Fight Night 4 – as well as all of the official UK single and multi-format …
Read More »Winning over the West
With a new name and a wealth of recently announced software, Tecmo Koei is preparing to dramatically increase its presence in the West. Christopher Dring speaks to Koei CEO Kenji Matsubara on the merger and the publisher’s plans for Europe and the US… What was behind the decision for Koei …
Read More »Wii Sports Resort previewed
Wii Sports is a gaming phenomenon – so it’s little wonder that the retail world has been waiting for a sequel with baited breath. This week, MCV take a special first look at Wii Sports Resort – and Nintendo’s plans for the trade. We reveal both behind-the-scenes information about the …
Read More »Family games ‘now the most popular in the UK’
ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack have this morning released UK video game sales results for the first half of 2009 And thanks to Nintendo the numbers show that family games and educational titles are currently the most popular genre in the country. Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles …
Read More »TV Times
Seems a long time ago, right? In just a few years, we’ve become pretty blas about Xbox 360 and Nintendo marketing dominating the Christmas TV ad schedule – and Sony spunking over 4 million on getting PS3 noticed during an economic slowdown. This week, the latest fillip in games’ outgrowing …
Read More »GMAs return to London in October
This year’s Games Media Awards will take place on the evening of Thursday, October 15th at Jongleurs comedy club in Camden, London. The event, now in its third year, will again hail the best brands and individuals from the specialist and mainstream sectors, in print and online. Full details of …
Read More »The moment we’ve been rating for
ELSPA grafted for 12 long months to convince Labour to make PEGI the UK’s sole ratings system for games – but the real work’s only just begun. Tim Ingham gets the full story from Michael Rawlinson… What are your initial reactions to the Digital Britain report?I think it’s a fantastic …
Read More »Universal takes on SingStar
Universal Music has pledged its back catalogue to a new karaoke game set to challenge SingStar. MCV can reveal that French label Mindscape will publish U-Sing in time for Christmas across the UK and Europe. The firm has previously signed distribution deals with UK publishers for releases in the territory …
Read More »UK console installed base tops 24m
This generation of consoles has sold 24 million units in the UK to date – up 8.4 million in the last 12 months. According to GfK-ChartTrack data for sales up to June 27th, 2009, DS enjoys the biggest installed base with 9.1 million, up 2.7 million from the same period …
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